thoracic cavity

collocation in English

meaningsofthoracicandcavity

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thoracic
adjective
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/θəˈræs.ɪk/us
/θəˈræs.ɪk/
medical
in humans and animals, relating ...
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cavity
noun[C]
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/ˈkæv.ə.ti/us
/ˈkæv.ə.t̬i/
a hole, or an empty space between ...
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(Definition ofthoracicandcavityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Consequently, the developing viscera can invade thethoraciccavity, occupying space normally reserved for the growing lungs.
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There was hardly anything there, as if thethoraciccavity, the vocal carriage, had been hollowed out.
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This movement increases the anteroposterior diameter of thethoraciccavity, and hence aids breathing further.
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Expansion of thethoraciccavityis driven in three planes; the vertical, the anteroposterior and the transverse.
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They originate in cervical and upper thoracic ganglia and innervate thethoraciccavity.
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Thethoraciccavityis further separated into the pleural cavity which contains the lungs and the superior mediastinum which includes the pericardial (heart) cavity.
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Cats with the mediastinal form often have respiratory distress and fluid in thethoraciccavity.
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The report also noted that thethoraciccavitywas not penetrated.
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It is the central compartment of thethoraciccavity.
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The warm blood and fluids from the gluteus medius and the hollow of thethoraciccavityare drained of all fluids.
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The larynx is one half the length of the vertebral column and fills out most of thethoraciccavity.
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The bronchi and bronchioles are all held within the lungs of the horse, which is located in the animal'sthoraciccavity.
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The heart sits in the chest, in the mediastinum contained in thethoraciccavityof the thorax.
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Forced inspiration for speech uses accessory muscles to elevate the rib cage and enlarge thethoraciccavityin the vertical and lateral dimensions.
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He used a cystoscope to examine thethoraciccavity, developing his technique over the next twenty years.
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Six to eight ribs were broken and pushed into thethoraciccavityto collapse the lung beneath.
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This surface area is large and corresponds to the form of thethoraciccavity, being deeper at the back than at the front.
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The heart is located in the mediastinum, which is the central sub-division of thethoraciccavity.
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During forced inhalation, as when taking a deep breath, the external intercostal muscles and accessory muscles aid in further expanding thethoraciccavity.
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The heart and the lungs reside in thethoraciccavity, as well as many blood vessels.
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